ποτανός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[winged]], [[flying]], <b class="b3">ἐν ποτανοῖς</b> among [[fowls]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.80</span>; π. οἰωνοί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1478</span> (lyr.); πέδιλα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>460</span> (lyr.); π. εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>620</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1142</span> (lyr.): prov. of vain pursuits, διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>394</span> (lyr.): metaph., <b class="b3">ποτανὸς ἐν Μοίσαισι</b>, i.e. [[soaring]] in the arts of the Muses, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.114</span>; <b class="b3">ποτανᾷ μαχανᾷ</b> by [[soaring]] art, i.e. by poesy, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>7.22</span>; ἐμᾷ ποτανὸς ἀμφὶ μαχανᾷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span> 8.34</span>; [[ποταναὶ]] (v.l. [[ποτ' αἰναὶ]]) τευθίδες <span class="bibl">Epich.61</span>.—Dor. for ποτηνός, which occurs only in Poet. ap. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>252b</span>.</span>